Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2060

Thursday 16 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 31 minutes.

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30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Thursday 16 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:18 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:51
Aṣṭamī begins 18:48:23
17:5418:1818:4219:0619:3019:5420:18

63 of 94 minutes covered, the last 63

Evening of Friday 17 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:50
17:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:5220:16

0 of 94 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 18:48 on Thu 16 Sep to 17:21 on Fri 17 Sep.

    2060-09-16T13:48:24Z → 2060-09-17T12:20:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:18–19:51 on the 16th, 18:16–19:50 on the 17th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 63 of 94 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 94 on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1852 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2060: Thursday 16 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2060 falls on Thursday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:48 on Thu 16 Sep to 17:21 on Fri 17 Sep and covers 63 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2060/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīSunset 16thCoveredSunset 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:48 → 05:2118:5794 min18:550 min16 Sep
Chicago08:48 → 07:2118:5793 min18:550 min16 Sep
Jersey City09:48 → 08:2119:0293 min19:000 min16 Sep
Port of Spain09:48 → 08:2118:0595 min18:050 min16 Sep
London14:48 → 13:2119:1192 min19:090 min16 Sep
Durban15:48 → 14:2117:4996 min17:500 min16 Sep
Dubai17:48 → 16:2118:2194 min18:200 min16 Sep
Delhi19:18 → 17:5118:2440 min18:230 min16 Sep
Kolkata19:18 → 17:5117:380 min17:3713 min17 Sep
Singapore21:48 → 20:2119:030 min19:0279 min17 Sep
Sydney23:48 → 22:2117:480 min17:4896 min17 Sep
Suva01:48 → 00:2118:010 min18:0196 min17 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
jitashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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